Number of members Two | ||
Replaced by East Mayo, North Mayo, South Mayo, West Mayo | ||
Mayo was a parliamentary constituency in Ireland, which returned two Members of Parliament (MPs) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1885.
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History
The constituency was created at the Act of Union 1800, replacing the earlier Mayo constituency in the pre-union Parliament of Ireland. Under the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 it was divided into four new single-seat constituencies: see East Mayo, North Mayo, South Mayo and West Mayo.
Boundaries
This constituency comprised the whole of County Mayo.
Elections
The elections in this constituency took place using the first past the post electoral system.
References
Mayo (UK Parliament constituency) Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA